4.  The applicant was born in 1959 and lives in the village of Sorgovyy in the Zernogradksiy District of the Rostov Region.
5.  In 1988 the applicant took part in a rescue operation on the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Since late 1993 the applicant has been in receipt of social benefits in this connection.
6.  On 4 December 1998 the Zernogradskyy District Court of the Rostov Region (“the District Court”) granted the applicant's claim against a local pension authority (“the authority”) and recovered RUR 40,361.07 of unpaid social benefits.
7.  The judgment was upheld by the Rostov Regional Court (“the Regional Court”) and came into force on 20 January 1999.
8.  On 25 February 1999 the bailiffs brought enforcement proceedings against the authority in this respect.
9.  The money due pursuant to the judgment of 4 December 1998 was paid to the applicant in full on 11 May 2002 which is three years, three months and twenty two days later.
10.  By judgment of 11 March 1999 the District Court examined and granted the applicant's new claim against the authority for unpaid benefits. It ordered a one-time payment of RUR 2,360.44 and monthly payments of RUR 2,886.43 from 1 February 1999 onwards in the applicant's favour. The court also ordered the authority to index-link the future monthly payments.
11.  The judgment was upheld by the Regional Court on 21 April 1999. On the same day it came into force.
12.  According to the Government, the one-time payment of RUR 2,360.44 in the applicant's favour was made on 1 June 2002 which is three years, one month and ten days after the entry into force of the judgment of 11 March 1999. As regards the monthly payments which were due as of 1 February 1999, they were paid on 29 June 2002 by a single instalment of RUR 94,508.04 covering the period between 1 February 1999 and 1 July 2002. It appears that starting from 1 July 2002 the payments have been made fully and on time.
13.  On an unspecified date the applicant again sued the authority for unpaid social benefits. By judgment of 27 April 2000 the District Court granted the claim and recovered an outstanding debt of RUR 92,122.44 and monthly payments of RUR 4,881.61 from 1 November 1999. By the same judgment the court ordered the authority to index-link future payments in line with a minimum monthly wage.
14.  The parties did not appeal against the judgment of 27 April 2000 and it came into force on 7 May 2000.
15.  The one-time payment of RUR 92,122.44 in the applicant's favour was made on 11 May 2002 which is two years and four days after the entry into force of the judgment of 27 April 2000. The Government submitted that the authority had fully enforced the judgment of 27 April 2000.
16.  On 29 November 2002 the District Court awarded damages in the applicant's favour and recovered compensation of RUR 207,201.56 for the delays in execution of the judgments in the above three sets of proceedings.
17.  This decision was upheld by the Regional Court on 25 December 2002 and enforced in full by a bank transfer of 22 April 2004 which is one year, four months and twenty-eight days after its entry into force.
18.  On an unspecified date the applicant brought a fresh set of court proceedings against the authority. He alleged that the remainder of the judgment of 27 April 2000 had not been enforced to date, that the minimum monthly wage in Russia had been increased five times, on 1 July 2000, 1 January and 1 July 2001, 1 May 2002 and 1 October 2003, that the amount of his monthly payments had been increased but once during the same period, that the coefficient used had been lower than it should have been and demanded damages in this connection.
19.  According to the Government, by judgment of 3 September 2004 the District Court rejected the applicant's claim as unfounded.
20.  The judgment was upheld on appeal by the Regional Court on 13 October 2004.